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Jimmy Hoffa of the Trinity: October Moses House Devotional

By On November 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In CSCK

Jimmy Hoffa might be the most famous person that no one can find.  Hoffa was head of the Teamsters union for many years and was notorious because of his connections with the mob.  Hoffa disappeared sometime around 2:45 pm on July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield [...]

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The World As One Family?: October David House Devotional

By On November 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In CSCK

I do not think I am over exaggerating when I say that everyone wants to be a part of community.  Everyone wants friends and loved ones that they can trust through the good and bad. Beyond just our physical families, we want to be a part of a larger family.  We want those around us [...]

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Winner: October Abraham House Devotional

By On October 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In CSCK

by Carl Petersen

Everyone wants to be winner.  As a strong and stout young man this was drilled into my head everyday at school and football practice.  Winners succeed in life while losers languish in mediocrity.  Marv Marinovich was a winner.  He succeeded in everything he put his mind on to do.  His love was [...]

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Uniting Corner Dwellers: October Noah House Devotional

By On October 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In CSCK

Have you ever noticed how people ride in elevators?  The next time you do see if these observations are accurate.  The moment you get into an elevator, if you are alone that space belongs to you.  Some people go straight for a corner and some people occupy the whole space.  Those folks might even pace [...]

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Moses House Devotional: All Things Shining

By On September 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In CSCK

This opening and closing illustration is borrowed from a friend Rob Fossett, pastor at Trinity PCA in St. Louis.

In their book, All Things Shining, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Kelly speak of the way people shined in the ancient world.  They write of the way Homer captured the so called “shining” of certain characters like Helen of Troy. [...]

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Noah House Devotional: To Be Famous

By On September 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In CSCK

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the [...]

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